- Who would you like to buy the coat _______?

- I'd like to give it to my brother _______ a present.

A. for, for B. to, as C. for, as D. for, to

How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first    16    without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a    17    and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the    18   .

Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice    19    shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a    20   , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and    21   .

“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror. She looked good on any clothes,       22    this coat suited her much better. She looked at the    23   , then hung the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to    24    

    Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on    25   the mall, I found some excuse to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to    26    the coat.

I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest    27    with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(丝带). I don’t remember    28    I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful    29    and pride that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and    30   —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.

1.A. Easter         B. Christmas        C. Halloween    D. Thanksgiving

2.A. child          B. son          C. student      D. teacher

3.A. tree           B. bag          C. coat         D. ribbon

4.A. children’s    B. women’s     C. girl’s      D. men’s

5.A. big            B. wide         C. thin         D. long

6.A. tried it on    B. put it on    C. kept it on   D. turned it on

7.A. though         B. or           C. for          D. and

8.A. price          B. design       C. color        D. material

9.A. taste          B. feel         C. sound        D. smell

10.A. through       B. over         C. past         D. across

11.A. sell          B. send         C. keep         D. wash

12.A. tank          B. basket       C. bag          D. box

13.A. how           B. why          C. whether      D. when

14.A. development   B. excitement   C. improvement D. advertisement

15.A. courage       B. confidence   C. love         D. honesty

1根据要求完成句子。每空一词。

1.My birthday is the first day of the eighth month of a year．(改为同义句)

My birthday is_________     _________．

2.What’s your sister’s age?(改为同义句)

________  _________is your sister?

3.Rose’s basketball game is November l3th．(对划线部分提问)

_________  _________Rose’s basketball game?

4.We have a volleyball game at sch001．(改为一般疑问句)

_________  _________ have a volleyball game at school?

5.一Do they have a School Day at their school?(作肯定回答)

_________，_________

6.The coat is five dollars.(对划线部分提问)

_________  _________is the coat?

7.My mother，s birthday is July l7th．(改为同义句)

My mother _________ _________ on July l7th．

8.Tom likes baseball．(改为否定句)

Tom _________ _________ baseball．

9.Jack’s birthday is April 6th．(改为一般疑问句)

_________ _________ birthday April 6th?

10.We have an English evening every weekend．(对划线部分提问)

_________ _________ you have every weekend?

My 14-year-old brother John and I saw the coat at the same time. The thick black wool of the coat was soft, and it was only $28. We looked at each other, saying 1, but John’s face was shining with joy. Dark woolen coats were 2 with boys at that time, and could cost several hundred dollars. But this coat was even better and much 3.
John 4 the coat and bought it at once. John wore the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “ 5 did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They all like it and they think it is very nice on me.” He said. I started calling him “Lord(老爷)”.
Over the next few weeks, John 6 a lot. He became more polite, more thoughtful and more pleasing. He would 7 his classmates his pens; he would bring father a cup of tea    8 he got home, he would help a blind man cross the road.
One day, in the library, my brother and I ran into a friend, “ Could this be John?” he asked. John shook 9 with him, like a gentleman!
What 10 changed John was his own attitude （态度）. If you think you are a gentleman or a lady, you can become a perfect one.
【小题1】A. something       B. anything     C. nothing
【小题2】 A. common      B. popular      C. fit
【小题3】 A. cheaper  B. heavier       C. softer
【小题4】 A. turned on     B. tried on     C. kept on
【小题5】 A. What     B. Why C. How
【小题6】 A. changed       B. moved       C. improved
【小题7】A. borrow    B. lend   C. sell
【小题8】 A. if B. because     C. when
【小题9】 A. heads     B. hands  C. feet
【小题10】 A. strongly      B. properly     C. really